Decision-Making in Adult Neurology
- 1st Edition - October 6, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Brett Cucchiara, Raymond S. Price
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 3 5 8 3 - 7
Written by neurologists for neurologists, Decision-Making in Adult Neurology provides practical guidance when encountering patients whose clinical presentation is unfamiliar or… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWritten by neurologists for neurologists, Decision-Making in Adult Neurology provides practical guidance when encountering patients whose clinical presentation is unfamiliar or complex, or whose treatment path is not completely certain. This useful handbook is filled with diagnostic and treatment algorithms that encourage you to think systematically and follow a logical sequence through the steps necessary for efficient and effective decision-making.
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Outlines the key decision points in patient management, providing a wealth of systematic information that ensures you take into account the proper physical signs and test results that will guide your recommendations.
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Contains 119 algorithms covering symptoms and signs, specific neurologic conditions, vascular disorders, seizures, head trauma, neoplastic disease, peripheral nervous disorders, and muscle disease.
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Accompanies each algorithm with brief text that explains the significance of important decision points.
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Provides step-by-step decision-making guidelines for testing and management of paraneoplastic diseases, choice of initial MS therapy, evaluation of incidentally discovered MRI white matter lesions, management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis, and much more.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
practicing neurologists, neuro-radiologists, and internists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Section Editors
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I: Symptoms and Signs
- 1: Initial Headache
- 2: Chronic Headache
- 3: Neck Pain
- 4: Low Back Pain
- 5: Aphasia
- 6: Chronic Cognitive Decline
- 7: Acute Memory Loss
- 8: Chronic Memory Loss
- 9: Rapidly Progressive Dementia
- 10: Delirium
- 11: Coma
- 12: Transient Visual Loss
- 13: Visual Field Loss
- 14: Visual Hallucinations
- 15: Ptosis
- 16: Pupillary Asymmetry (Anisocoria)
- 17: Diplopia
- 18: Nystagmus
- 19: Facial Weakness
- 20: Acute Vertigo
- 21: Recurrent Episodic Dizziness
- 22: Hearing Loss
- 23: Pulsatile Tinnitus
- 24: Dysarthria
- 25: Proximal Weakness
- 26: Wrist Drop
- 27: Unilateral Hand Weakness
- 28: Unilateral Hand Numbness
- 29: Knee Extension Weakness
- 30: Unilateral Foot Drop
- 31: Fasciculations
- 32: Sensory Disturbance: Pain and Temperature
- 33: Sensory Disturbance: Vibration and Proprioception
- 34: Hyperreflexia and Hyporeflexia
- Hyporeflexia
- Hyperreflexia
- 35: Multiple Cranial Neuropathies
- 36: Ataxia
- 37: Difficulty Walking
- 38: Bladder Dysfunction
- 39: Transient Loss of Consciousness
- Part II: Specific Neurologic Conditions
- Section 1: Cerebrovascular Disease
- 40: Transient Ischemic Attack
- 41: Acute Ischemic Stroke
- 42: Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
- 43: Large Cerebellar Infarction
- 44: Prevention of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke
- 45: Ischemic Stroke in the Young
- 46: Patent Foramen Ovale and Ischemic Stroke
- 47: Spinal Cord Infarction
- 48: Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
- 49: Preoperative Neurovascular (Carotid) Clearance
- 50: Acute Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- 51: Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Young
- 52: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Due to Anticoagulant Therapy
- 53: Restarting Antithrombotic Therapy After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- 54: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- 55: Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm
- 56: Vascular Malformations
- 57: Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Section 2: Neurocritical Care and Neurotrauma
- 58: Brain Death
- 59: Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure
- 60: Management of Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure
- 61: Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity
- 62: Traumatic Brain Injury
- 63: Concussion
- 64: Postconcussive Syndrome
- Section 3: Headache and Facial Pain
- 65: Migraine Headache: Acute Treatment
- 66: Migraine Headache: Prophylactic Treatment
- 67: Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias: Treatment
- 68: Trigeminal Neuralgia
- 69: Intracranial Hypotension
- Section 4: Seizure Disorders
- 70: Evaluation of Adult With First Seizure
- 71: Initial Treatment of Epilepsy
- 72: Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
- 73: Antiepileptic Drug Selection
- 74: Status Epilepticus
- 75: Management of Comorbidities in Patients With Epilepsy
- 76: EEG Interpretation
- Section 5: Sleep
- 77: Hypersomnia
- 78: Insomnia
- 79: Restless Legs Syndrome
- 80: Parasomnias
- Section 6: Movement Disorders
- 81: Abnormal Involuntary Movements
- 82: Chorea
- 83: Tremor
- 84: Treatment of Essential Tremor
- 85: Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
- 86: Treatment of Dystonia
- 87: Treatment of Tics
- Section 7: Neuromuscular Disorders
- 88: Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies
- 89: Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy
- 90: Demyelinating Neuropathies
- 91: Paraprotein-Associated Neuropathies
- 92: Mononeuropathy Multiplex
- 93: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- 94: Brachial Plexus Syndromes
- 95: Lumbosacral Plexus Syndromes
- 96: Motor Neuron Disease
- 97: Myasthenia Gravis: Diagnosis
- 98: Myasthenia Gravis: Treatment
- 99: Myopathy
- Acute or Subacute Myopathy
- Chronic Myopathy
- 100: Myotonia
- 101: Rhabdomyolysis
- Section 8: Neuro-oncologic Disorders
- 102: Glioma
- 103: Meningioma
- 104: Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Section 9: Neuro-infectious Disease
- 105: Encephalitis
- 106: Acute Meningitis
- 107: Subacute and Chronic Meningitis
- 108: Tuberculosis Affecting the Nervous System
- 109: Neurosyphilis
- 110: Lyme Disease Involving the Nervous System (Neuroborreliosis)
- Section 10: Neuroimmunology
- 111: Optic Neuritis
- 112: Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
- 113: Transverse Myelitis
- 114: Neurosarcoidosis
- 115: Autoimmune Encephalitis
- Section 11: Radiology
- 116: White Matter Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 117: Ring-Enhancing Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 118: Sellar Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 119: Cerebellopontine Angle Mass Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Appendix 1: Additional Tables
- Appendix 2
- Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol Scale (CIWA-Ar Protocol)
- NIH Stroke Scale
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 6, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323635837
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Brett Cucchiara
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Neurovascular Lab; Associate Professor of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaRP
Raymond S. Price
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Neurology Residency, Associate Professor of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaRead Decision-Making in Adult Neurology on ScienceDirect